Correspondence

W. B. Parker to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01-28

Date of Creation
January 28, 1861
Place of Creation
Madisonville, Hopkins County, Kentucky
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG17A-73
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-020-0022
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32208433
People
Magoffin, Beriah
Wadlington, Thomas B.
Parker, William Burton
Places
Caldwell County, Kentucky
Madisonville, Kentucky
Dates
1861-01-28
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W. B. Parker to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-28, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Petitions for Pardons and Remissions, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-020-0022 (November 12, 2026).

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Madisonville, Jany 28th 1861
Governor B. Magoffin:

Dear Sir — Petitions signed by the best citizens of this & Caldwell counties will be, if they have not already been presented to you, touching the fate of Thomas Wadlington of Caldwell county, who is sentenced to suffer for the extreme penalty of the law on the first Friday in Mayrch next.

The high regard which I entertain for his relatives living in this county, more than any actual knowledge of the facts in the case, prompts me to ask of you that you will give its merits a favorable consideration. I am fully satisfied that public sentiment in this county would endorse most willingly a commutation, if not an absolute pardon of the offence.

I have no personal acquaintance with the unfortunate man Wadlington, but I know many of his people both in this county & in Caldwell & I Know them to be among our very best citizens, & on their behalf I therefore appeal to you clemency, — hoping you may find that in this instance an extension of clemency will not conflict with the demand of Justice

Truly your friend
W. B. Parker.